The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-21 00:00:00

'...\---- .21-I'l-1:\l' ' . Railway and other Compaidk %,.. - ) RNe ,, , , , - &. , ,:. .- - -' . A . Z' * -',, , 7 0 , 4; :it 0 i R „ 4... _). .... tc., •-'lO- tip10w..... : , ‘,......16.. ,.. ~....4 1kH :t v. ~...a • --....t- 1 .„,.. ,,, 5 1 t 1 t ': ~ ~.., -.,-.44-14, -. / It .. 1/ ' 0 44 to e l. A ` 'IV" ' . 4 4 ~ I r l i ..'' -.......—_,,.....--. WEST NORFOLK JUNOTIO' '( ; -,- I ,elkiid. , , 4 "1-... * ;-% ~...., ._ . • gg. • L , .--- 4111/ 4 #' , di / , liNg SPA.PE ~'~"~ iT=Ft\ ;,4; : 4*c.: ~-~`-_ - _--~`7 ies. a 2 tEMEMBER ! WE WAIT SUPPER r4II4tOR Fail YOU,not. after the Covent Garden Oper a, at ICINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. 14 , 1 celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals.the finest ell BRANDY, is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. A d In Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; b y ''Zeilts in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale The first ordinary meeting of this company wan held a Lynn on Monday—Mr Simpson in the chair. The only business was the election of directors and auditors. The CHAIRMAN stated that 121 miles of land out of the 18 had been purchased, and that the works would be con structed with energy and speed. The directors believed the tine would be open to the Burnhams by the autumn of 1865. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1864. N°. 22,619. PRICE ...... ...4d (;),! GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON', W. 'ti i rl've the Re d Seal. Pink Label, and Cork branded auan's LL Whiskv." lAM.-" A VISIT TO. THE COURT AND PEOPLE OF SIAM," from the Journal of Staff- Commander OHN RIC a A.RDS, R.N., Edited by WALI ER J'URCELL, Frig., of the Inner Temple, will be commenced in " COL BU ti.N• S UNITED - SERVICE MAGAZINE " for January. _ . iTo PERSONS SEEKING LANA)EII • E.;',.,LATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RE 3IDENCES, 'REEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTME'NTS, AND PROPER PIES GENERALLY- Our Homeless Poor, find their own cotton. These poor creatures working from winter's dawn to dusk—for, of course, they cannot afford candle or fire—can stitch five doz3n bands a day—that earn 31d. Their cotbn costs them a halfpenny. They club together and put a penny each to get some tea and bread for breakfast, and another penny for some tea and bread for dinner. Weak and tired at the end of their killing day's work, they have the streets for their home, with Id to get bread. These are absol lute facts that the nightly Misery of hundreds proves and proves too often, even unto death. Political economy says you must not try from prip. vate sources to compensate the insufficient remune ration of those who labour, but, leave labour to regulate itself. And political economy is right, for without these Refuges these women would die, and so dying off compel the slopplouses to raise their terms for work. But the Newportsmarket Refuge is right, too, in its way, when its managers say we are not a school of political economy—we are only a Refuge for the utterly destitute, and we will not vindicate a theory of labour by leaving these poor women to die is the streets. Mr Cobden, Free Trade, and the Anti Corn Law League. Mr L. Simpson, Major Hare, Mr W. H. Shaw, Mr H. E. Btyth, Mr E. 'Selfe, and Mr E. E. Dutrant were re-elected directors. VIMATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE. — 6,„tranazers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. C h a tterton. iI k, TAL MORNING PERFORMANCES of the PANTO pAndrY, on Tuesday, Dec; 27, Wednesday, 28, Thursday , 29, o h Y..-10, and Saturday, 31. t WiOXING-NIG-lIT (Monday), Dec. 26, and durin g the 0 4 „, her Majesty's Servants will perform a New andOri - V, l Paw, entitled A YOUNG LAD FROM THE A u ,P I TRY. _ _ We have been requested to pabli6h the. subjoined Hurst and Blackctt, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough strcet. To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF. PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the oppoi lenity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particulars of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce Immediate customers where the property is of an eligible oliaraAer, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. . • corresponder ce : ANGLESEA CENTRAL. The first sectieiOftlTi;;; line of railway was formally opened on Friday by the directors, but it will not be open for passenger traffic until January uext. The line com mences by a junction with the Chester and Holyhead Rail way at a point near the Gaerwen Station, and, passing through the Berw coal fiold and across the Ma iltraith-marsh, reaches Llangefni, a distanoo of four mites and a halt. The remaining distance of 131 miles, from Llangefni to Amlweh, the heaviLst works of which are already far advanced, a id, it is expected, he ready for opening by the end of September next. A special train left Bangor z•tatiun at ten o'clock on Friday morning with the directors and a largo party of friends, and in thirty-seven minutes reached Llangani (12 miles), all being greatly pleased with the steadiness of tho train while passing over the new line between Gaerwon and Llangefni. At two o'clock 100 ladies and gentlemen had luncheon at the Bull Hotel, Llangefni, under the presidency of Mr H. Pritchard, chairman of the company. The return train reached Bangor at half-past five, and forty gentlemen were entertained by the contractors, Messrs Dickson and Russell, at a banquet in the British Hotel; Mr W. B. Hughes presided, and the• proceedings passed off satisfac torily. Financial Reform Association, 20, South John. street, Liverpool, Dee. 5, 18G4. Dear Sir —One of our many sore iiscouragements in the arduous struggle with ignorance, prejudice, and mistaken self-interest has been, and is, to find, you, Mr Bright, and others, who, in our humble opinion, ought to be thoroughly and entirely with us; ever and anon speaking of free trade as if it were really an accomplished fact, just as if the Cus toms' incubus upon it, with all its fiscal exactions—the smallest part of the evil so far as traders ire coecerned--its restrictions, obstructions, espionage, and endless annoy ances, not forgetting its constant blockade of our own ports, coasts, creeks, and harbours against ,the free influx of the world's surplus wealth in exchange for our own productions, were utterly abolished. NEW NOVEL BY THE ItEV. J. C. M. BE LEW. Now Ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., BLOUNT TEMPEST. By the Rev. J. C. M. BELLEW. " • Blount Tempest' is a remarkably clever novel, tho roughly original, and independent of any fashion, school, or class. '1 he reader will acknowledge that no nobler lesson was ever tairzlit I rom pulpit or attar step than the author teaches in this beautiful story."—Morning Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TurmE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur itaser is introduced throu2di Nlessrs. Lumley's Agency, lad then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. UNCLE S ILA S.—The new Novel, by the popular Author of "Wylder's Hand," may now be had at every Library. COMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN. k) Every evening this week at 8 o'clock at ST. JAMES'S lIALL, Piccadilly.—On BOXING DAY, and Curing the Holidays, Three Levees Daily, v:z., 11, 3, and 8 o'clock. Admission, ls. and 2s. ; reserved stalls, Is. each. Children under 10 halt-price in 2s. and 3s. places. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Oa rer 36 3 40 3 3 63 35$ ; 5 to 386 i• 29. [9• 11. 5. 19. I ill' lA. d ' 10 1110 which will be produced, on a scale of unexampled dour, and with novel and extraordinary appliances, Il8i vel) , employing the unparalleled resou ces of this E stablishment, the Great Drury Lane Annual, founded 4 ,,hi2111y popular story, derived from the ancient lege nd iLao r d in the Mythical Sagas of Scandinavia, and produced ROM of ah entirely New and Original GRAND COMIC 40 TMAS PANTOMIME,. entitled, o p „ s 0 DIY Tnunrt AND HIS ELEVEN BROTHERS ; , ttarlequin and the Ogre of the Seven League Boots. ated with elaborate scenery and stupeedous ef f e cts b y Gilliam Beverley, assisted by Messrs. C. S. James, .C. i Gompertz BPLauchlin, and Perkins. The Grotesqu e tea s es que °venires •by E. L: Blanchard. The Dances and le - ' of the Ballet arranged and invented by Mr. Co rmack. ts Resks, Dresses, and Devices designed by Dyk-Wyii , `Barnard Overture and Music composed and arranged by ..!1 S'. . Machinery by Mr. J. Tucker and assistants. lie rties by Messrs. Needham, Glyndon, Lang,ham, &c. lt ki ay 4 PPointments 'by Mr. J. Hinkley. Dresses by Mr. S, I kti 4 ad Mrs* Lawler. The Scenes, Tr cks, Sec., of the tli Nainade, invented by Messrs. 11. Boleno a nd Cormack. I, 4 whole arranged an i produced by Mr. Robert Ro xb y . lhp i ''4, long ago. when Trolls and Giants lived among men , Tho l e Was a famous school where curious youths were taught akTYateries of witchcraft."-Scandinavian Legend by an ►e own. Norther. The Welkin. "The Lapland Witches ktBe frequently known to go to great heights in order to tht s t ltorms."-Dmmono'ogy and Witchcraft, by King James Ileb y 'll'at. Okriki (the Lapland Witch), Mr. Meagreson. „too ts % Cobblers. " Our work is good, our price isjust, ready a n ,' ,3' and no trust," Messrs. Wax and Crax Hail, Rain, d , ,and Snow, "with the compliments of the season." ,114 1 1 11 Dash, Splash, Sharp, and Slosh ; Aurora Borealis ki ss her Northern streamers), Madame Fene Menon ; East k i l, Mr. Nipi,er . ; Norlh Wind, Mr. Gripper ; South Wind, !Its 41 mY ; West Wind, Mr. Dripper ; Signs of the Zodiac, 0,„, - ta. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo. Virgo, Libra, 'as t to, Sagittariu-. Copi:ieornus, Aquarius, and Pisces ; The 'ls t ) Bear, Mr. Ursa Major; Boote/, Mr. Sleiboots ; Sirius, 4a, °aster; Orion, Mr. O'Flarety. Mystical Appearance 4 ',.'aiaa in the Moon The Man in the Moon, He lool,s 40.'" (he stars that go shooting up there, or lets loose the etar to bait the Great Bear, Miss Rose Leclercq. ,( 0 ,„,_' 1 0-istic and Cabalist Incant tion-the Boots-the 1 ,.( 4 , 9 a--the Calm-Star-telling discoveries and remarkable , qr observations. Valley of Mosses and Lichens at D•ay 'ss, with the First Appearance of the Solar Rays. Actinia 110 loam Principal of the Solar Rays\ Miss Hudspeth; Wain (the lightest and brightest of the rays), Miss Lydia lPson. The Sunbeams by one hundred coryphees. Sun lk, Miss E. Falconer; Sunray. Bliss C. Thompson. Bril -1(6! ballet by the dancing Sunbeams. P.lncipal Rays, the !IV Gunniss. Interiorof Thumb's cottage on the border 115,.. forest, Hop-o'-my-Thump, Master Percy Roselle; E leven Brothers, Masters. Lanky, Pranky, Dodgy, Podgy, a ny. Skinny, Worry, Flurry, Teaser, Squeezer, and Cra uu • Daddy Thumb, Mr. Tom Matthews; Dame Pauline ii k ,!dt,' Mr. G. Weston. "The little fellow was at this time Si' Seven or eight years old, with an extraordinary syscet -10 disposition, which it is a great blessing for anybody ,;''''o, and he possessed a degree of intelligence much be d his age, and his strength and acti.ity were surprising, I~arines the smallness of hiesize."-Story of Hop-o spays t , D. How old Thumb is troubled with the number of his ate and how Darkis wide awake to the little re plot that aii s apparent . depths of the pine fost . " Then l ollop found that the birds had eaten. up the crumbs of Which he had dropped ; but although he had a little 1 11 1 'lt was a brave t one. The Old Story. Fugitive Pea todat ' t e .,,, essrs. Irun, Urun, " Rerun, Werun; Yerun, and Tharun; 0 t ,!0-1Surn (the Ogre), Mr. G. Belmore (who, to make 1 5 in Mug agreeable, has kindly consented on this occasion ta'Present the Ogre in the handsomest manner). Pas bre, Alr. G. Belmore. Scandinavian Scampyrre, with lltr d e - roll accompanimen'. The TrolLs, by a number of a e folks with a number of less 'uns. How Hop-o'-my- N I TIt. and his brothers arc lost in the forest, and after (oll,B 1 0 et in amazement at what they find there. The great a s .'st thy: Ogre's castle. " They at last came to a very large tee, and atter they had knocked several times on the great SOlth a large stone, it was opened by a big porter, who 4 them what they wanted."-The Old Story. The is e D sughters of the Ogre : Gloriosa (the Cheerful), Mall-Via Thompson ; Kokanosa (the Proud), Miss Rule ; (fiats. (the Envious), Miss ','rust; Nunbetta (the Vain), 'Sake . ; Owglurnpi (the Sulky), Miss Hap ; Woitamagpi tt e 7 . isehievour), Miss Lead ; V.n dicta (the Spiteful), Miss ~,,„ Ottempa (the Vixen), Miss Fortune; Osolazi (the ,k,pent), hiss Hughes ; - Graspini (the Greedy), Miss De ai4our ; Sopertza (the Saucy), Miss Behar.; Kanteiler aatthe Stupid), Miss Management ; Grimgriffin (Porter • t „ks'astle Gates Hr. flokey-Pt key; Kratjokler (Chief of leiant' Guard , m, Mr. Makular lutOgre's Guards, 'eta Grim, Glum P. ham, Ilmm, Trimm, Grumm, &c. ,Na c t " D'Eriware," Miss L. Thompson.mind, N e the Ogre, y give me my Seven League Boots and I'll sson h i a s them, and I'll gobble up that t ny little rascal at once, slTitt he sha I not have the chance of' cheating me again." ( "lir Old Story. The Snow Mountains and Icy Plains. 4 01-o'-my -Thumb then got hold of one of the boots, which We', ,-ally off the Giant's leg without difficulty, and Doing ,0, 1 sally made, it fitted a little foot as well as a big one-he SOoout to pull off the other when."-The Old Story. The he, the Chase of the Seven. League Boots. " Through aas, through Takes, through bogs. througa brakes, sw ft L ll ','e wind we go. O'er hedge and lands, through pools and 's, what racing ? yo ! ho ! ho !" Melting of the Ice gasm - -, the holiday after the hard work, and general breaking i ts 4 l , going away before the dazzling effulgence of the 0, 1 0 if the Rays of Golden I ight ! w VI the Fairy " Motes Itta ,! conic the Sunbeams." Clowns-Messrs. 11. Bolero tt,;,, Lauri ; Harlequins, Messrs. J. , nrmack and S. Savile; , "aloons, Messrs W. A. Barnes and J. Morris ; Columbines els anie B auto and the , Misse Gunn ss. Scene Ist-Comic. t w d b . ,14,_ e ,e y 3lr. 11. bo.cno (registered). Meroltants Office, 4 , , , ,, St stisn, and Cheesemonger's. Pantomimists, ors. Bolen°, Cormack, Burnes, and Madame itoleno. . Mr. Cormack and Madame toleno. How to hang your gn-Oh, Lard-That's the Cheeses-Clown gets a new 1p,',5 Walk, and afterwards walks his chalks, having put his la l ;itt it, and all through being in the Milky Way-Clown's lt,,!stmas Box-Multum in Parvo -Welcome Guests-A 11Ztof the World -Advertising Board and Police Lodging them:u a. lna' Extraordivary-Uwn saves his Bacon, bat at monger does not-Trio jun-rto in uno-Sat Turks.4l4. ~' . 11.sallis Bva- dies- kinesseasts.-stim al te sal,, si Bantingenising-New Companies flimited), Shares kie " lip and Shares coming down-How Clown brings out hef the Greatest veneers c f' the Day, Madlie. Deteto. who ]pal Introduce the Pas h la Perea Nena-Seances Spiri k':-the D evenpor t s an d tne Plymouths-S song Oppo i ''' oat no Imposition-A New Rope Trick-It's wonderful 11 , 10." edo it, but we do--A Butter Pat and Pat of Butter aisa Meets a few Friends, among whom is a Friend at a hia, also a with in /Need-Falling out with a Friend Va,ends with a Fr endly Set-too-Slippery Customers - sts : 3 lt to the Station-house, and so ends this eventful his ',a4, Scene 2.- Comic, invented bi'Mr H. Bolsno registered). A°, ‘aloon's Retreat, far away from the Noise and Bustle of 4 % • ~ ,• Trip, " Sardenian Piifivini." Madame Boleno and , !0,,5• Cormack. Clown and Pantaloon desire to lead a quiet l l e tr Y Life, and settle down all serene -Well, this ' is de a stAl-To bed, to bed, but not to sleep-A Cat-astrophy litt Hy Visit-Open locks Whoever knocks -Goods care 'N', rernoved tom Country to Town-Clown and Pante %ll, 8 Retreat, which suits (soots) them to a shade -The i \eeri-Bural Felicity and Rural Police-Let Well alone ;at ° l,,vla ends Truth at the Bottom of it-Butt and Re 'S(l>lown and Pantaloon take a Cold Bath against ata' Will -Quietude restored once more and rest, NI the rest-A change comes over the scene, which NI alters Pantaloon's views -Hard lines and new lines, N,,,C4 bring Clown and Pantaloon's Retreat to a Terminus. 'tli` e 3 .-Comic. Invented by Mr. J. Cormack. National a',?ol and Cab Stand near London. Pantomimists, Messrs. eri l 'kviiie C Lauri, J Morris. and the -Misses Gunniss 1 5 ,', , 4 , , i Mr'. S. Saville and Miss T Gunniss. A Cab-full aad Al 4, n a cab -"When we were boys, merry, merry boys"- 4,4 -4 the wining schoolboy, &0.-Cake versus take-An early I . lt , ,t e l.te scholar-High water -Clown surprised at what- S J , eri , it rises -Dancing taught in pumps-Parls Panty te t Tally (not limited), Directors Clown andloon- Is s Removed-Christmas Prizes-A Box of Toys, and I s other Presents that present you with a Book Les Ne I.ettres, or heel.Animatd Alphabet, arranged Ballet Mr. Zttek, , executed by adies of the Corps de ~RsCa and Pantaloon take a Cab to Town. and return rather , 4 t s sa, 'which causes them to upset many others, that upsets Itu s 'erne ; and the next Scene seen is Scene 4.-Comic. In 01117d by Mr. Cormack. A Windmill near Windsor. Pan- Veists-Messrs. S. Saville, C. Lauri, J. Morris, and the 4 11 8 8 es Gunniss ; Irish jig, Mr. S. Saville and Miss J. Gun s** - When the wind blows-There was a Jolly Miller once ,ohl Miller and his Men-Harvest Home-fhe thrasher Nsoed-The fruits of stealing-"Stiil so gently o'er my ';1 5 "!R stealing" - The , bark from a tree-'l he biter bi - s ktar s o takes some bit-ter beer More aacks to the mill - Some , s 'is b 'ne sack A merry 2 o round-Clown witnesses a Revolu l', A- Sight and a Fight-A stop to the Mill-Out of the 1 ," 1 5 1 V pan into Patent Bread and Biscuit Bakery - Well h"tig t rush-Clown and Pantaloon become Loafers-A. roll-a aa,„ and a sudden turn to -A misty day, and Fairy's Hall of sla,"dour. ;i t "sate boxes, £2 25., £3 35., £4 45., and £3 55. Stalls, 75. 0, ''i circle, ss. First circle, 4s. Upper boxes, 2s. 6d. Pit, is s tower gallery, ls. Upper gallery, 6d. No Half-price. V.,%-otlice open from ten to five daily. It "ors open at ha f-past Six, the Performances Commence 4 0iiarter to seven o'clock, and terminateclock, every evening at \ , rter past eleven. P l ) ,, V, ETH. lIVIPROVED MECHANICAL ' lai DENTIS TRY. -Professional abilities and great artistic A laave been most successfully combined In the production NitTIFICIAL T EETH upon a new principle. The real os,:, or the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi aa,:a by all wishing to avail themselves of professional 4 s ts 'larice by consulting Ms. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell lS",, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enabled him to N e l t i Finch admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial 1 3 , and which are so perfectly efficient. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and ,I Ns tails t useful invention of the day, A GUA AMARELL Np• JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, Kinr-court, Lombard- London, Perfumors to her Majesty, respectfully offer N di ? Public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually iti kt 'eu the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at a ge. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and the hair is once restored one application per month will qkCit in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in 'titge.9ottles. Its. 61 Testimonials from of the highest fk r, and from individuals of undoubted respectbility, may „ 11 On application. Messrs. John Gosnell and h ' PPointed Periumers to her Royal Highness the Princess saes., 11II ci kr. 17 OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. S e ell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing e n d p r ~ l _ll . l, and so constructing them that they Ja t th lifetime. . . . The process has been patented, ,No 4lll Bes to be moat valuable."—Court Journal, August t i A Pr'sing novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth 1i, 1.1 „eci'.,na,.., by a patented principle, which sccures the most Kai a ,"'" , mbined with the greatest ease and agreeable c e• —Morning Advertiser, August 9, 1800. r:!qed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate. QtrT enor-street, Bond-street. ThEFRIES and SONS' WALL LIGHT Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). PEFRIES and SONS promptly execut e CLUB, Mess, and Gen(ral Furnishing Orders of China, Glass , REFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS with Pattern Books and Special Designs. DEFRIES And SONS have just added Five el • New Show-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory ; hey have now on show the largest assortment in the world the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditch. pRIZE MEDAL—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 17E0.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to the excellence of' the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Frauds Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says:-- " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. Ps. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixturecof Wax. Best quality „. Is. sd. per lb Second quality .. .. • • .. is. 3d. per lb. Third quality is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory-- Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. DINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA has been, during thirty years, emphatically sanctioned by the Medical Profession, (rid univernlly accepted by the Pt.blic, as the Rest Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion, and as a Mild Aperient for delicate constitutions, more esp •cially for Ladies and Children. Combined with the Accidulated Lemon Syrup it forms an agreeable Effervescing Draught, in which its Aperient qualities are much increased. During Hot Seasons, and, above all, in Hot Climates the regular use of this sim ple and e ega n t remedy has been found highly beneficial. Manufactured (with the utmost attention to strength and purity by DINNEFORD and CO., 172, New Bond-street, London ; and sold by all respectable Chemists throughout the Empire. R OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE OPEN BOXING NIGHT. "LE PETIT BLONDIN," The Wonder of the Age. in his Marvellous Performance on the Low Rope. R OY AL ALHAMBRA PALACE Leicester-square, Mr. FREDERICK STRANGE (late of the Crystal Palace; Sole Lessee and Manager. OPEN BOXING NIGHT. A GRAND SUPPER SALOON furnished in the most luxurious manner, has been erected. The Doors will be thrown open on Boxing Night, December 26th, at Ralf-past Seven o'clock precisely. Musical Director, Mr. J. W. HIRD. The Mentions and Choruses under the direction of Mr. J. CAULFIELD, Jun. Leader of the Band, Mr. GOUGH. Stage Director, Mr. H. BOLENO. Sole Proprietor, Mr. FREDERICK STRANGE.. . Prices --Private Boxes, with Admission through Private House, El is. ; Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Balcony and Grand Hall, ls. ; Upper Balcony and Hall, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windinill-street, Piccadilly. LEVY will appear at nine, ten, and eleven o'clock during the week and play new music nightly. Admission, One Shilling. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, eltabllshed 29 years at the Bazaar. Baker-street. NEW ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan, of the Phrenologicil School, 111, Strand, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy, Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Sliming ; extra roams, Sixpence. BUSINESSES. -Mr. ANDREW HIND'S NOVEMBER LIST, Containing 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &e., Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. OFFICES—CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. rfl EIGNMOUT H, Devon.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has received instructions to SELL a Gentle man's RESIDENCE, with grounds of about 3 acres. The house is pleasantly situate; contains dining, two drawing rooms, nine bed-rooms, three dressing-rooms, library, house keeper's room and offices, conservatory, garden, three-stall stable, two coach-houses, &c. It stands on high ground. and the views from it are goof. Distance from the sea about a mile. Price £2,6oo.—Particulars and cards to view at the City Central Estate Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, *t. Paula. With the retnrn of winter comes the old lament able cry from the Refuges• for aid to relieve the nightly wants of the homeless and starving. The weather hes, except for a short interval, been tine usually mild, though, us mild weather dose not feed these unfortunate outcasts, it has made but little difference in the numbers of ragged destitute who have besieged the doors of every Refuge far or near in London for the last month. The Refuges could not well be more full than they have been lately, and the only difference, therefore,. which the late sudden and inclement ch-,nge of temperature has made is that, instead of having to refuse a deien starving- applicants for want of room, they have now turned a deaf ear to a third, or perhaps even half of the shivering, ravenous crowd that besets their doors each night, and waits about their neigh bourhood, hoping against hope that something may occur to give ,-them a nook of warmth and shelter. As surely as these numbers of destitute increase, so surely does the windowebreakih season set in. There is a regular ascending and descending scale whlch marks the progress of hunger among the casual poor of this metropolis, which those who watch its regular winter course can read as one reads the barometer for a coming storm. First comes the window breaking, as we have said; next the cases where the policeman brings before -the magistrate tliman or woman whom he found on his beat dying, and mercifully took up and tried in vain to get admitted to any workhouse, where. upon, as the Police report tell us, " his worship com mented severely on the inhumanity of the relieving officer, and despatched a constable to inquire into the ease." This is the second sign. The third is shorter, though it has the eloquenee of terror in the brfef lines in which the Registrar-General's report hints at tales of misery and woe when it records— " Five deaths are returned this week from starvation. Inquests. Verdicts, Want of the common necese series of life.'" The cases of real downright star vation are not, indeed, very frequent. That is the most that can be said. But the cases of those who hover on its dreadful margin, starving one day, getting a meal the next--just enough of food to prevent them dying—just enough of starvation to keep them too weak to work—and so on, through the winter, till they suecamb at last to the diseases which al ways prey on low vitalities—these eases may be reckoned by thousands. To be on a' diet so low as to be perilous to life is the daily condition of some 30,000 persons in this metropolis. It is in the alarming appeals of Fever and other Hospitals, now as earnest in their calls as tho Refuges them selves, that we recognise the social evils which the mal-administration of our Poor-laws as regards the casual poor is bringing upon us all. A Refuge for the destitute, homeless, and starving should be unknown if the laws for the relief of the casual poor were properly carried out. The kindness and active benevolence of the large class who are shocked at the records of deaths from starvation which every winter deface our history of social pro gress have led to the establishment of Refuges all over London. They perform a duty which has been forced on them by the refusal of the workhouses to do theirs. On private charity has been thrown the public duty of keeping the poor from dying in the streets.. Is this, however, quite a right state of things P Is it actually necessary, that a few gentle. men and ladies should band themselves together and pay out of their own pockets to keep human beings from perishing of cold and hunger every winter's night ? We fear that as long as the law for the relief of our casual paor is suffered to lie b abet'. wen this voluntary work of mercy is a dire neces sity,without which many would:die. It is undoubt. ediy a b id state Of things that one of the first duties of society ahculd ho thrown on the almost compul sory benevolence of those who cannot bear to have their consciences outraged by these reiterated tales of long privat;on enlinilitgcalh—But a bad system oirtliet is better than none at all. At present we have only to deal with the claims of the Refuges, and in fulfilment of this duty we invite attention to the working of the Newportsmarket Refuge behind Laimster-tquare, in the midst of the byways that used to form the old labyrinth of the Seven-dials.' The history of this Refuge may be told in a few words. ofand we must add pro fligacy neighbourhood pointed it out as a The the misery, n o igh iciu proper seat for missionary enterprise. A mission was begun, and with it, as a necessary adjunct, was formed a Refage for the meet destitute, first for six, then for 12, then for 20. By the untiring aid of Mrs Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exc ciuer,th em th b e if ry w os e ch of em ou e r atlast got a firm footing. Mrs Gladstone raised money enough to enable the committee to hire, at a heavy rent, the old slaughter house of Newport-market, Which was cleansed with no littlo difficulty, divided into cells and rooms, whitewashed, and opened as a Refuge under the charge of the Rev.. Mr. Willi ams . Wh at goo d i t has effected since, and, above all, what good it is effecting now, it would be almost impossible to tell in words that could be easily believed. Between 50 and 60 men, 50 and 60 women and girls, and 25 boys and children find her e one n i g h t ' s resp i te f rom t h e ir struggle with cold and hunger—a struggle the evil or often fatal termination of which these Refuges can only delay, bat seldom avert. The wants of men, though not less keenly felt, are less apt to move us than those 'of women and children; still one must be something more or less than human who can see these ragged spestres of every age, and we might almost add, havingtheir origin in nearly every condition of life, d ry i ng their tatters before the fire, who can hear their quiet tales of two, three and even four days passed without food or means to amonga the whole crowd reigns and Uttar silence which only or th e h a bi tua l f or l orness o f tion, s g t r p h e o ar t a il t n i t mg a c i b a fs j r n eo e r e w my t a aw t a n c e t h d t a i k h d t u n o e d B w et e sist,u Many are there who claimed their discharge and emaciated finding no em ployment, under so th ld e ie l rs e , n w y h e o ars h A av e e t, and who, and diseased, suppli. Cate in v ain for readmission to their old ranks. Among a the most respectable inflates another fertile c c a use of appearance there is bankruptcy of em. players. The alom precorden, fem o f o r all t3n, these Refuges show that for Cr artisans, thrown out of work there is no chance of re-employment for clerks, months to come,,when the want of character since they left their last place tells against them,and they have to go to the bottom of the list, and must think themselves very fortunate if they can get work even then. It would be painful iteration to venture on the details of their stories. Rags, hunger, and cold, always severe, now and than. perilous, make up the dismal burden of their tale. Most have applied at the casual wards ; some have been refused, some ad• mitted; some, indeed, have been the round of all the casual wards of London, for be it remembered no casual ward knowingly admits the same pauper twice, and when this poor last refuge of the law was exhausted they have had to come at last to the pri vate charity of the Refuges, though then as much in Poor-law relief ds when a month back they began their forlorn search for shelter. In the women's ward of this Refuge the cases of distress are not more keen than those among the. men ; but, as we have said, they almost naturally excite more pity—a pity which is not lessened cer tainly when we find that the silence that reigned among the men is in the women and girls' com partment generally broken by such a racket of hoarse, deep coughing as makes one's heart ache to listen to it. With nearly all of them it is the same old story. Girls, almost children, without father or mother, who have no work, no home, servants who have lost their places from sickness and who have " lived on their clothes," till, clothes gone and strength gone, they have struggled down from depth to depth of want to land in a Refuge at last. Heoe are wives deserted by theit husbands. Here, too, are needlewomen who work for the city slop hottses under a sublet and re-sublet contract, till they receive 7d a 'gross for stitched eollar!bands and But there is a lower depth of misery than even men and women's wards in these Refuges afford, though it is only to be found in the compartment where destitute boys—that is, children from the age of five to 12 years—are taken in for the night and sheltered. Of the children to be met here very often we can scarcely venture to speak. Foul, ema ciated, and thinly-clad, hung about with rags and tatters, with what should have been their young features sharpened into a keen expression of hungry cunning that is dreadful to see, almost more dread ful thou the dull, half fatuous look of those in whom long want has dulled their faculties to almost idiocy,—of all the dreadful forms which London destitution assumes there is none more terrible than that which it occasionally takes among those admitted to the children's ward of the Newport• market Refuge. Last week three almost naked children were brought in of the ages of five, six, and seven years. They were brought in dirty and almost naked as they were to relieve the overcrowding of a garret 12 feet by 12, in which a man with his wife and married daughter and two young daughters lived with a widow and five children, boys and girls, and a young man lodger, all sleeping, living, having, in fact, no other place in which to hide their heads and shame but this den. It is in such a neighboirhood as this that the Newport-market Refuge works—amid such scenes of want as would scarcely be believed—such scenes of indiscriminate and unnatural profligacy arising from the overcrowding of rooms with boys and girls of every ago as we dare not even hint at. This Refuge is in want of funds to keep it going— in want of funds to enable it to establish a ragged school, without which half its usefulness will be lost. Can nothing be done to enable it to meet the wants which every night suffering humanity makes upon its poor resources ? Without some such aid from without it cannot long go on, and it is almost vain :o hope that the mass of misery it now relieves would ever, if it were closed, be absorbed by the work houses.—Times, NEW WORK ON AMERICAN SOCIETY. This Day, in 1 vol., price 10s. 6d., THE DOBBS FAMILY IN AMERICA. By our Own " SPECIAL" CORRESPONDENT. 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OPEN BOXING NIGHT, Engagement of the wonderfully popular Australian Comic Humorist, THE GREAT BARLOW. The next wonder is the Marvellous, Eccentric MUSICAL SPIDER, the Laughter Demon of Paris. R OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE ; Leicester -square. Mr. FREDERICK STRANGE (late of the, Crystal Palace: Sole Lessee and Manager. OPEN BOXING NIGHT, The Ladies for the Grand Ballet have been selected from the chief Theatres at home and abroad. Principal Danseuse MADEMOISELLE BIOLETTL (From the Grand Opera, Paris), Who has been expressly engaged for this establishment, STATE OP TRADE, MANCHESTER, Dec. 20. We have had a better market . to•day for shipping yarns, and, compared with last week, a considerable amount of business has been done. Buyers have had to pay an advance of Id to id per lb. over last Friday's prices. Yarns . are now very scarce, as spinners will only work to order, refusing to go into stock. The consequence is that any demand instantly sends up prices. The market closes strong, with an upward tendency. Toe market for home trade yarns has also been more ac:ivc to-day, at an advance of 11 to ld per lb.siree Friday. A fair amount of business is reported in this description of yarn, although to sonic extent extreme prices checked business. The cloth mar ket has been quite as firm, but less active than the yarn market. Last week the noe•arrival Gf In dian telegrams prevented business. These have since come to hand, but have given only a slight stimulus to business. The latest telegrams, espe• malty those from Calcutta, are considered rather more favourable, and these together with the news . from America, have had the effect of imparting more strength to prices. This was to be expected from the action of the Liverpool cotton-market; still, these accounts have not led to any general improvement in the demand. Few offers have been made, and scarcely any for largo quantities, so that there is every probability we shall close the year without the eXcitement expected to result from a probable new lease of the war. Manufacturers have raised their quotations in some cases consi derably, but these advanced rates have been but little responded to to-day, and the market has rather disappointed general expectation. Messrs.. John Slagg and Co. report to-day's cloth market as follows :—" The India telegrams and recent news from America have tended to strengthen and im prove our market. The amount of business result ing from these causes has, however, disappointed general expectation, and, though we close with ad.. vanced quotations, the actual operations have not been large. _ LEEDS, 20th.—These has been a thinly attended market in the cloth halls this morning. The thick, wet, murky atmosphere, combined with the ap• preach of Christmas, has tended to keep purchasers back,and the aggregate sales•have not been impor tant. Good tweeds, spring meltons, and ordinary black cloths have been the kind of goods most sale able. There has been some inquiry for unions for exportation, but not to any large amount. As to prices, the market keeps firm, which may be taken as an indication of the soundness of the trade. Manufacturers, dressers, and finishers are well em ployed, rather more so than last week, in conse sequence of the preparation for keeping at least next Monday as a Christmas holiday. There is no change in the wool trade. A fair business is doing, and prices are firm. NOTTINGHAM, 20th.—At this Exchangc.hall to day the attendance was fair. The demand for lace yarns was slow, but sellers generally held out for the extreme rates of last week. There was little passing in hosiery yarns, but recent rates were well supported. In silks little or no alteration took place. Brown nets were a heavy sale; prices, how• ever, were much the same as heretofore. ROCEEDALE, 19th.—Stocktaking by merchants has its influence upon the flannel market, and tends to keep sales at the hands of the manufacturers low. To-day's market has been attended by only a small number of buyers, and they have purchased but a moderate amount of goods. The cheaper kinds of flannels were in most request, but a few good fancies were also sold. Prices keep firm, and manufac• turers aro tolerably well employed. There is a slackness in the demand for Yorkshire goods, and the purchases to-day wore quite of a retail charac. ter. Wools maintain late prices, but at present naanufaturers are not buying freely. After Christ mas more business may be anticipated. ENORMOUS SURRLY OF POULTRY.—TLC supply of poultry in Leadenhall and Newgate'markets exceeds by far that of former years. Twenty vans laden with crates containing turkeys and geese arrived by the Great Eastern Railway yesterday morning, brought addi tional freights. The packages that throng the thorough. fares in the markets are so numerous that there is scarcely walking room. Amongst the turkeys from Norfolk are some monster specimens, many of the birds weighing from 301 b to 341 b without the feathers. The geese from Norfolk and Suffolk are exceedingly fine in quality. The supplies brought by the Antwerp and Ostend steam vessels are also enormous. A Marseilles letter states that the Mediterranean had been exceedingly rough for the last few days, and that three vessels laden with timber were wrecked during the tempest—one of them, from Mecklenburg, off the Tour St. Louis, at the mouth of the Rhone; another, from Sweden, at the mouth of the Herault ; and the third, belonging . to French ewnere, at the entrance of the Porte of Cette. In your recent speech at Rochdale, referring to what has been done towards mollifying this absurd and mischievous invention for impoverishing the people, and preventing ac cretions of national wealth beyond the powers of calculation, you most truly observed that it all comes to a mere shifting of the burden, which, ',quota Customs and Excise duties, measured by their amount, is now heavier than it was when the process of readjustment commenced. But, in the face of the 40 millions still levied annually by duties on commodities, a sum greatly augmented to the con sumers thereof by extra charges of the dealers, who collect the duties from the pubic, and in face of the fact, which we believe demonstrable, that every penny of the 40 millions thus collected for the Government ceps the,.caprdry, in, actual piyinentd and leases, at least 31, you are reported by Me Times to have said that Mr Gladstone has "nearly finished the career of manifolding the resources of revenue. He has nearly completed his work. Any future services that he can render must be in reducing the expenditure." Holding that the principle of the Anti-Corn Law League went the full length of enfranchising trade and labour from all fiieal obstructions to their operations, and consequently, to the entire abolition of the Customs and excise system, as being the most costly, cumbrous, and prejudicial of all modes of rising a revenue, we can hardly believe that these were your words, or if they were that they were not accompanied by some-qualifications not recorded, Having imbibsd my Free-trade principles from you, and carrying them to their full logical issue, I trouble you on this point for my own comfort and satisfaction in a struggle which is arduous enough with declared opponents, but is rendered far more so by such aid to the enemy as is afforded by statements of the nature alluded to, coming from those who ought to be foremost and most thorough-going of all the champions of real, genuine freedom of trade, which never can be achieved so long as Customs and Excise exist. Pray excuse any liberty that I have taken in thus con veying to you the opinions of the Council, and believe me to be, with best wishes for your restored health and strength for renewed labours,':and the acquirement cf additional laurels in this great cause.—Yours truly, C. E. NACQUEEN, Secretary. Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. Dunsford, ➢iidhurst, Dec. 11, 1864. Sir,—Mr Cobden, who is unwell, desires me to acknowM ledge the receipt of your letter. He is unable at present to attend to his correspondence. He is very sorry that anything that fell from him at Rochdale should have acted as a discouragement to you and your colleagues. A word or two of explanation will, he thinks, repave this feeling. Mr Cobden has had his own work to do, which was from the first nothing more than the abolition of protective du ties. It is a mistake on your part to suppose that the Anti- Corn Law League ever declared war against Customs and Excise duties. One thing at a time was always his maxim. Now, if you bear this always in mind, it will prevent your misapplying the remarks which he makes when dealing ex-, elusively with his own subject. ' Mr Gladstone has for several years been engaged in the laudable work cf completing the removal of protective du ties from our Customs. Ho acknowledges the necessity and practicability of completing the work, but, while he has been doing this, he has allowed the Government to increase largely the expenditure, and thus to deprive the working community of much of the advantage which they ought to have derived from this great economical reform. Mr Cob den is obliged to remind Mr Gladstone of this—and, by way of pressing his case, he states that this process of manipu lation (not m mifolding) by which the sources of revenue are affected is, in a Free Traee or League sense of the 1 s o question, nearly at tn. end ; and he makes this the graural () f aneppe expenditure. ptoenikalirtu Grel a . (. n ]n alle for this ri Mr reduction Cobden has the not vernmentthe slightest idea cf d sparaging the wbrk 3ou have in hand, which is a different one from that the League undertook. Mr Cobden thinks that the real difficulty you have in your assault upon indirect taxation is the immense pro sperity which has arisen out of the success of the free trade measures. With an export and import trade trebled in little more than twenty years, it is difficult to make the public feel aggrieved at the score or two of articles which still remain subject to the Customs and Excise duties. In the eye of reason and philosophy this ought to be only a motive for a iding you in putting the crown upon the edifice of fiscal reform; but mankind are ,not reasoners and philosophers, and it is possible that your case may never have a proper hearing until the country falls into a state of temporary adversity. In the meantime there is all the more honour due to those who, in the face of every discouragement, con. tinue to direct public attention to the subject, and Mr Cob den begs to assure you that his sympathies are entirely with your cause.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, ,R. C. FISHE. Financial Reform Aesociation, Liverpool, Dec. 13, 1864. Boar Sir,—Whilo lamenting the cause which necessitates your employment of an amanuensis, and praying heartily for its removal, I am delighted to find—what I supposed to be the case all the while—that the difference between us, in re freedom of trade,was more in appearance than in reality,. and that in speaking of it as accomplished you only resorted colloquially to that figure of speech which consists in put ting a part for the whole. No doubt the grand, simple object of the League was the abolition of the corn law, which, by the way, is not yet abo lished—but the principle which lay at the root of its glori ous movement involved nothing less than the entire libera tion of industry and free interchange of all commodities between man and man, wherever situated ; and this fact was admitted by some—at least by the Leaguers—for, when a deputation from the Liverpool Anti-Monopoly Association of which Mr Francis Boult was one, visited Manchester to confer with the League, the deputies were asked, " flow far do you go ?" The reply was, " For the total abolition of Customs and Excise duties." And "So do we," was the rejoinder. As your letter will afford very great gratification to all friends of the cause as well as to the council, I trust you will have no objection to its publication, and, to save you trouble, will take silence as consent.—With sincere wishes for your recovery, I am, dear sir, yours truly, C. E. MACQUEEN, Secretary. Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. Circular of the Minister of the Interior. TURIN, Sandal. The following circular has been forwarded by the Minister of the Interior to the prefects of the king dom : Although the late insurrectionary movements in Venetia have been completely suppressed, and the prognostics of the wisest portion of the:nation have been realised, the Party of Action, nevertheless, according to various reports which have reached the Ministry, appears resolved to make a new attempt in the coming spring. T his party continues, therefore, to busy itself with col lecting money, arms, and ammunition, to agitate among inexperienced youth to swell the ranks of its adherents, and to prepare a suf f icient force of volunteers —who are to make an irruption into Venetia—to organise themselves in bands, and to excite these populations to insurrection. Desirous of preventing these dangerous practices in time, and of sav irg the country from fresh misfortunes, the Minis try notifies to you that it is fully resolved to oppose itself energetically tc such rash enterprises, and that it puts its trust in your efficacious assistance to reduce them to nothing ness before serious dangers threaten the internal and exter nal safety of the State. With this object the Ministry renews its recommenda tions to you to give notice to the judicial authority of every act of the Party of Action overstepping the bounds of legality, to watch the movements and conduct of the principal chiefs of this party, their emissaries, the arrival and departure of travellers, the transit of goods, and to re move all the most dangerous emigrants from the frontier. By firm n ess and constant vigilance the Government hopes to attain the object it proposes to itself. The undersigned, therefore, requests you, signor, to second his intentions as much as possible, and to keep him informed of everything which may merit attention and re quire special raewures. (Signed for the Minister) ATETA, THE CONDEMNED CRIMINALS IN STAFFORD AND WORCESTER GAOLS.—III the cases of the men now under sentence of death in Stafford Gaol, the final sentence of the law will be carried into execution on Tuesday morning next, the 27th inst., at eight o'clock. The man Butler lying under sentence of death in Worcester Gaol will undergo the last sentence of the law on Thursday, the sth of January. Not any application has been made to Um Secretary of State cn beloAlf of eikbmc pi the wretched men, PALACE AND BURLINGTON HOTELS. A general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Palace Hotel, Pimlico—Mr G. Ryder in the chair. The secretary read the report, which stated ghat the cap: fixed at £l2ooow.trir'ided shares of £2O each. 'Thu whole of the shares had been taken up, and payments made upon them to the extent of £74,000. The interest in the Palace Hotel, Pimlico, and the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, including the stock in trade, leases, &c , had been purchased for £95,000, of which amount £72,000 had already been paid, leaving £23,000 still due. The company .took possession of the hotela on the Ist of June last, and the total receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of November had been £19,429, and the expenditure £15,622, leaving a balance of £3,807, from which the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, which would absorb £3,615, and leave £192 for the next account. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption :of the report, said the proprietors must with the directors feel highly sa tisfied with the result of the business for the past six months. A great deal of the strcess of the hotels would depend upon the support given by the shareholders, but the directors had every confidence in the prospects of the company. The accounts of the two hotels were kept quite separate. Mr DAVISON seconded the adoption of the report, which was unanimously agreed to, and the dividend declared as recommended. Mr G. Lomas was then elected an aniitor of the com pany, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. The Shocking Wife Murder in Durham. The inquest on the body of Ellen Atkinson, who was brutally murdered by her husband, Matthew Atkinson, a pitman, at a late hour on Saturday night, was opened on Monday. The jury sat at the village of Spen, near where the crime was committed. Spen is a small colliery village, situated upwards of two miles from Winlaton, which is about two miles from Blaydon-on-Tyne, in the county of Durham. Most of the inhabitants aro engaged at the Garse field Colliery, where the prisoner has been employed for some years past. The prisoner and his wife did not live very happily together, which was the result of both being of dissipated habits. The fatal quarrel on Saturday night occurred on the husband returning home from a shooting match at the village of Hopson, about 11 o'clock at night. He shortly afterwards commenced to beat his wife. with a poker, continuing to do so for about an hour and a _half. The poker, tongs, coal rake, and fire shovel had, indeed, all been used by the murderer to perpetrate the awful crime. The neighbours, many of whom heard the cries of the poor woman, and also the blows that her husband was inflicting, did not go into the house and prevent Atkinson from per sisting with his brutality. Those who heard the fatal blows say that after the infliction of each one of them the deceased was heard to moan most piteously; and as each blow was dealt it was accompanied either with an oath or an expression of exertion or determination en the part of the murderer, He also swore that he would kill any one who came to the assistance of his wife, and this seems to have frightened them from going to her rescue. At one time he left his victim for a short period, went out and talked to some of the neighbours, remained in their company for a few minutes, swore that he would go back and finish her, and he did so. Stephen Purvis said—l am a pitman. I live four doors from the home in which the deceaFed and her husband lived. I went to bed when I got home on Saturday night, The first I knew of it was the people calling on me to get out of bed. I had heard no noisy to attract my attention before I got to bed. They wanted sue to get out of bud to keep Atkinson from thrashing his wife. I got up to go into th , n house, but my mistress would not lot me go. She was frightened. I did not go out of our house, but looked out at the window. I live in an upper story. I heard the noise of the blows in Atkinson's house. I could not see the blows struck. The Atkinsons were inside their own house. I heard heavy blows, and when the prisoner was inflicting them he was swearing at the same time that he would kill her. He said, " You --, I will kill you; I will, by God." He still kept striking her. She was shouting at the time. She was moaning fearfully. She shouted, " Oh, dear 1" I also heard her shouting " Murder I" The Deputy Coroner —Did you not go into the house when you heard these shouts ? No ; I durst not go in. I durst not leave our own house, for my mistress was fright ened. The Deputy Coroner—Would no other person go is either ? No ; no one went in then. The Deputy-Coroner—Did you hoar Atkinson say any thing ?—Yee ; I heard him say, " If any man comp near hand, I will kill him on the spot." Examination continued—He is not a big, strong. man, We had heard that he had sometimes thrashed his wife be fore. We had heard that ho was very savage when ho was under the influence of drink. My wife was afraid ho would kill me if I went out to his wife's assistance. The Deputy Coroner—How long did this go on 7—About an hour and a half. He gave over at ono time. I think he continued from eleven o'clock until half-past twelve. The Deputy Coroner—Where did he go when ho left his own house? Witness—He went to Della Hall's. We then thought he was done with thrashing his wife. We still kept lookir g out at our window. My wife first looked out, end then I did. By a Juryman—There were seTeral people about the door of Atkinson's house, but no ono went in. They were both tipsy. The Deputy Coroner—They sounded like heavy blows ? —Yes. The prisoner gave a groan as he made each blow. She also groaned after each blow. He seemed to be laying on with all his might. The Deputy Coroner—Did you see Atkinson afterwards ? —Yes, he came to my house about half-past 12 o'clock. The Deputy Coroner—What did he do when he came .to your house ?—He came to the door of my house and said, Stephen and Hannah, get up; she's done ; I have finished her this time." Both my wife and 1 got out of bed. We put our clothes on and went to his house. I went to his house immediately after he called upon us. He was bearing her head up with his hands. There was a dish of water on the floor. He seemed to have been washing her face. The floor was covered with blood. He said, "I think she's done." We put her into bed afterwards. He said something when think, nwke,nt whenin, but we I could wentin n t o o not the house, hear him "I e ryth ll My wife and Joseph Anderson lifte d her into bed. She was very well. she's done," isai not quite dead then. By a juryman—She opened her mouth once after she was put into the bed, and she t hen died. Examination continued —John Hymos and I took hold of Atkinson, and we led him out of the room, for he seemed to one side and up the other. Ho said, 0 I know what I have be greatly excited. We led him up and down the road—down l a m quite willing to go to the gallows. I will not flinch clone one peg." Ile also said, "It is a bad job ; but I know what I have done." Mr M. J. Callender, surgeon, described the iejuries. She had a contusion upon both cheeks. The right eye was also a little blackened ; the left more blackened and contused. Above the left eye I observed a cut, a wound. It was a deep wound, extending down to the bone. The bone was not in jured. Further back, near the ear, there was a small euperfi cial wound, about a quarter of an inch long. There was also a small wound over the nose. The lips were much swollen an d contused. 1 nt%.xt ex _twine I the arms to the elbow. The right arm was contused from the hand to the elbow; the left arm was very much contused from the hand to the elbow. There was a small wound on the left arm, about half an inch in length, near the elbow, There was another wound about the same length near the wrist. Beneath this s hv 7 iec e r i m he d t c h w a w i a n i t s; o k h h i n t b o h el reoreoeldyc vering from th e effects of last wound the bones are fractured. The right and lett legs from the feet to the knees were also contused ; and on the right bn odßrys,o l Nwavb e a g ejorsti , u.r a nnyod s mlt : acw o eno r t distance from the through knee , there was skin.a ficialrh prisoner The was neither drunk drink, and he seemed stupified. After the policeman cams he said ho was sorry for what he had done, and in my pre sence said he had inflicted these wounds, and admitted his fault. 1 The inquest was then adjourned. 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